State comparison · 2025
Electrical Engineers salary: California vs Ohio
Electrical Engineers in California earn a median of $144,040. In Ohio, $100,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.2%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $144,040
- p25
- $106,100
- p75
- $185,520
- p10
- $81,840
- p90
- $217,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Ohio
Electrical Engineers
- Median
- $100,620
- p25
- $82,240
- p75
- $126,730
- p10
- $72,690
- p90
- $149,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.